The weather in CONUS is a tale of two worlds. Most regions west of the Rocky Mountains are sizzling with extreme heat well above normal for this time of year. With a lack of rainfall,…
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Hot weather in the Pacific Northwest, cooler and stormy weather in the Midwest, cold front and stormy weather in the Southeast: CONUS Forecast – 7/26/22
As we look at the 500 mb chart for Thursday evening, two things stand out to me. The first, which I will discuss right now, is the ridge over the Pacific Northwest. This ridge will…
Summertime heat continues… severe weather threat in Great Lakes and Northeast: CONUS Weather Forecast-7/20/22
Happy Wednesday everyone! Today’s CONUS weather forecast will be a look at the major weather features in each part of the country over the next seven days, with a more general long-range outlook at the…
Severe Weather in the Ohio Valley and Heat in the South: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/19/22
Good morning! In this post, we’ll be taking a look at some interesting weather features across the Contiguous United States coming up this week. This discussion is mostly going to be related to severe weather…
The High-Pressure Ridge Remain strong in the West and Heavy Rainfall in the Midwest: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/17/22
Hello everybody, the overall CONUS forecast will be heavy rainfall and thunderstorms will occur in the Midwest. The low-pressure system will be moving northeast to provide more rain relief for those areas. Then the High-pressure…
Amplified ridge bringing the heat, approaching northern U.S. cyclone: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/16/22
The CONUS continues to be characterized by an amplified pattern keeping the western half of the U.S. much drier than the East. This weather pattern is also contributing to the well-above average temperatures being experienced…
Scorching heat across the Central and Northern Plains, isolated severe potential across the northern US and Midwest, slight flooding risk from monsoonal rains in the southwest US: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/15/22
In the absence of potent trough ejections, high-end severe weather setups, and tropical development, we have a big blocking high over the southwestern US that has been the main show as of late. This has…
Strong U.S. ridge and heat, unsettled and stormy Southeast: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/13/22
Upper-level ridging has persisted across the western and central U.S. the past few days and is expected to continue throughout the next 7 days. This will keep the majority of the western and central states…
Eastern US will see storms and drought-busting rainfall as the western and central US heat up: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/6/22
For the last several weeks, the typical pattern has been a heatwave-inducing ridge in the Southeast while the Northwest has seen a trough delivering cool, wet weather. However, this pattern is shifting as the dominant…
High pressure and heat across the mainland, cooler weather on both coasts: CONUS Weather Forecast- 7/1/22
As we enter July, let’s take a brief moment to look at the month of June weather-wise. June was a very dry month across most of the United States, with an extreme exception of the…
